HC Deb 28 January 1982 vol 16 cc406-7W
Mr. Mason

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what share of the total United Kingdom consumption of textiles and clothing has been taken by imports for each of the past five years.

Mr. Peter Rees

The available information is as follows:

Imports of Textiles and Clothing as a Percentage of Total United Kingdom Consumption (In Terms of Value)
Number
1977 27
1978 29
1979 31
1980 32

Total consumptiom is estimated as sales by United Kingdom manufacturers of products principally produced by the textiles and clothing industries, defined as orders XIII and XV—less minimum list heading 450, footwear—of the Standard Industrial Classification, revised 1968, plus imports less exports. The activities of the textile finishing industry, minimum list heading 423, are not appropriate to the calculation and have been excluded from the figures.

Corresponding information for 1981 is not at present available.